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  1. Mar 28, 2017 · The key difference between these two distinct forms of auxiliaries stems from their embeddedness in state structures. First, paramilitaries tend to be established by the incumbent, and they have a clear and official association with the regime (yet outside the regular command-and-control chain of the military).

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  2. paramilitaries tend to be established by the incumbent, and they have a clear and o cial association with the regime (yet outside the regular command-and-control chain of the military). PGMs, on the other hand, are mobilized by the government rather \spontaneously" or they actively form themselves. In both scenarios,

  3. Oct 21, 2021 · Indeed, both Loyalist and Republican paramilitary groups—or individuals acting in their name—continue to orchestrate so-called punishment attacks as a way to control “their” communities. Instead of going away, armed groups operate by drawing on deprivation and the legacy of wartime institutions from the Troubles.

  4. Jul 16, 2024 · While these acts of paramilitary vigilantism are ostensibly to protect communities from criminal activity or to protect the survival of the paramilitary organisations, the maintenance of the violence may more accurately be considered as a means to maintain the coercive control these paramilitaries, both loyalist and republican, had organisationally benefited from during the Troubles.

  5. May 28, 2008 · It is argued that Loyalist paramilitaries have continually used violence to serve several objectives. These objectives of violence have shifted in dominance as the peace process unfolded. A typology of the objectives of Loyalist violence is presented which identifies violence as either between or within groups and in search of political, sectarian, economic, social and territorial aims.

  6. Apr 13, 2021 · The reasons for the current riots are complex. Loyalist discontent with the consequences of Brexit, long-term deprivation and disillusionment with governments both in Belfast and London, and low confidence in the police have all played a part. Observers have also been quick to point to the influence of paramilitaries with criminal motives.

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  8. a wider range of \irregular" duties. Finally, and derived from these points, the government has a stronger control of paramilitaries due to their closer connection to the government. Conversely, PGMs normally have a greater level of autonomy born out of the rather semi-o cial and informal status.

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